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We predict a new quantum electronic structure at the interface between two condensed phases of noble-gas elements: solid neon and superfluid helium. An excess electron injected onto this interface self-confines its wavefunction into a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-06-28 Dafei Jin

When floating on a two-dimensional (2D) surface of superfluid $^{4}$He, electrons arrange themselves in 2D crystalline structure known as Wigner crystal. In channels, the boundaries interfere the crystalline order and in case of very narrow…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-02-03 A. A. Vasylenko , V. R. Misko

Nonpolar atoms or molecules with low particle mass and weak inter-particle interactions can form quantum liquids and solids (QLS) at low temperatures. Excess electrons naturally bind to the surfaces of QLS in a vacuum, exhibiting unique…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-09 Wei Guo , Denis Konstantinov , Dafei Jin

We propose to implement quantum computing based on electronic spin qubits by controlling the propagation of the electron wave packets through the helical edge states of quantum spin Hall systems (QSHs). Specfically, two non-commutative…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-04-04 Wei Chen , Zheng-Yuan Xue , Z. D. Wang , R. Shen , D. Y. Xing

An electron inside liquid helium forms a bubble of 17 \AA in radius. In an external magnetic field, the two-level system of a spin 1/2 electron is ideal for the implementation of a qubit for quantum computing. The electron spin is well…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Weijun Yao

The computational power and fault-tolerance of future large-scale quantum processors derive in large part from the connectivity between the qubits. One approach to increase connectivity is to engineer qubit-qubit interactions at a distance.…

We describe in detail a set of ideas for implementing qubits, quantum gates and quantum gate networks in a semiconductor heterostructure device. Our proposal is based on an extension of the technology used for surface acoustic wave (SAW)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 C. H. W. Barnes , J. M. Shilton , A. M. Robinson

Electrons trapped on the surface of cryogenic substrates (liquid helium, solid neon or hydrogen) are an emerging platform for quantum information processing made attractive by the inherent purity of the electron environment, the scalability…

Superconducting circuits can exhibit quantized energy levels and long coherence times. Harnessing the anharmonicity offered by Josephson junctions, such circuits have been successfully employed as qubits, quantum limited amplifiers and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-06-24 Priya Sharma , Jens Koch , Eran Ginossar

We propose and numerically simulate a semiconductor device based on coupled quantum wires, suitable for deterministic quantum teleportation of electrons trapped in the minima of surface acoustic waves.We exploit a network of interacting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-01-29 Fabrizio Buscemi , Paolo Bordone , Andrea Bertoni

We study dissipation effects for electrons on the surface of liquid helium, which may serve as qubits of a quantum computer. Each electron is localized in a 3D potential well formed by the image potential in helium and the potential from a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. I. Dykman , P. M. Platzman , P. Seddighrad

Electrons trapped above the surface of helium provide a means to study many-body physics free from the randomness that comes from defects in other condensed-matter systems. Localizing an electron in an electrostatic quantum dot makes its…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-08 M. I. Dykman , J. Pollanen

Electrons trapped on the surface of liquid helium is an extremely clean system which holds promise for a scalable qubit platform. However, the superfluid surface is not free from fluctuations which might cause the decay and dephasing of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-01-15 Mikhail Belianchikov , Natalia Morais , Denis Konstantinov

Shuttling of single electrons in gate-defined silicon quantum dots is numerically simulated. A minimal gate geometry without explicit tunnel barrier gates is introduced, and used to define a chain of accumulation mode quantum dots, each…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-01 Brandon Buonacorsi , Benjamin Shaw , Jonathan Baugh

Electrons on a helium surface form a quasi two-dimensional system which displays the highest mobility reached in condensed matter physics. We propose to use this system as a set of interacting quantum bits. We will briefly describe the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. I. Dykman , P. M. Platzman

We report on an unconventional $macroscopic$ field effect transistor composed of electrons floating above the surface of superfluid helium. With this device unique transport regimes are realized in which the charge density of the electron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-26 K. Nasyedkin , H. Byeon , L. Zhang , N. R. Beysengulov , J. Milem , S. Hemmerle , R. Loloee , J. Pollanen

We report on the realization of a single-electron source, where current is transported through a single-level quantum dot (Q), tunnel-coupled to two superconducting leads (S). When driven with an ac gate voltage, the experiment demonstrates…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-04-27 D. M. T. van Zanten , D. M. Basko , I. M. Khaymovich , J. P. Pekola , H. Courtois , C. B. Winkelmann

Solid-state approaches to quantum information technology are attractive because they are scalable. The coherent transport of quantum information over large distances, as required for a practical quantum computer, has been demonstrated by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-27 Michihisa Yamamoto , Shintaro Takada , Christopher Bäuerle , Kenta Watanabe , Andreas D. Wieck , Seigo Tarucha

We present transport measurements of electrons on the surface of liquid helium in a microchannel device in which a constriction may be formed by a split-gate electrode. The surface electron current passing through the microchannel first…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 David Rees , Isao Kuroda , Claire Marrache-Kikuchi , Moritz Hofer , Paul Leiderer , Kimitoshi Kono

We investigate the characteristics of purely electrostatic interactions with external gates in constructing full single qubit manipulations. The quantum bit is naturally encoded in the spatial wave function of the electron system.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Weichselbaum , S. E. Ulloa